Hello Christine, Thanks alot for the info and update. I think Muzamil deserves a special invite and dinner to congratulate him for reaching that far. Although dismally a small success within the competition, the pride of featuring in such an international competition should not be overlooked.
--- On Tue, 7/27/10, christine munduru <[email protected]> wrote: From: christine munduru <[email protected]> Subject: [WestNileNet] Fw: Uganda Out of Schools Debate Contest (AllAfrica | 26 July 2010) To: "West Nile Arua" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 4:14 AM Dear all, The Uganda team of which Muzamil of Mvara was a member failed to make it to the next round of 16 in the International Schools Debate Championship. Read the story. Christine From: tempcomm [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:27 PM To: tempcomm Subject: [Press Clip] Uganda : Country Out of Schools Debate Contest (AllAfrica | 26 July 2010) Uganda: Country Out of Schools Debate Contest AllAfrica By Don Wanyama 26 July 2010 http://allafrica.com/stories/201007260127.html Uganda yesterday failed to make it past the preliminary rounds of the International Schools Debate Championship despite defeating four of its six opponents. The championship, currently going on in Vlissingen town in The Netherlands, has attracted 50 teams from 42 countries. The Ugandan team, selected after the national schools debate championship last year in Kampala, comprised of students—Chris Nkwatsibwe (Mbarara High School), Alli Muzamilu (Mvara SS, Arua) and Sharon Bonabana (Maryhill High School, Mbarara). Mr Ham Ahimbisibwe, a teacher at Mbarara High School , was the coach. Uganda, a first-time participant in this competition, floored Israel , Belarus , S. Korea and Croatia in the opening rounds but lost to Macedonia and The Czech Republic. The four wins were, however, not enough to see the team through to the last 16, mainly because they were all won on a verdict of 2-1. A three-judge panel awarded marks for every debate and teams that had all three judges score in their favour stood a bigger chance of making it to the last 16. Ms Bonabana, after learning of the exit, said: "It is painful but we have picked significant lessons that will help us become better debaters." …For Muzamilu, who is visually impaired, it was a revelation of matching the world's best. "Before this, I was worried that we would be humiliated since it was our first time and meeting the world's best high school debaters. But after these first six rounds, I have actually discovered we could match them in every aspect. We might be out but our heads are held high." Zimbabwe, that won five of the opening rounds, was the only African team to make it to the last 16 of the event organised by the International Debate Education Association with help from the Open Society Institute. The semi-finals and finals will be held today in the Dutch City of Middleburg. USA are the defending champions. ### If you feel this article contains factual errors and/or statements that misrepresent your work, or the work of OSI, Soros foundations, or grantees, please notify the relevant media officer or notify me. Gabi Chojkier, Washington , DC Steve Hubbell, Open Society Fellowships Luis Montero, Europe Debra Rubino, Baltimore Paul Silva, Public Health Program -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
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